Card and punch guide for stenciled cards



April 7, 1931. J. c. HURLEY CARD AND PUNCH GUIDE FOR STENCILED CARDSFiled July 24, 1926 INVENTOR.

ATTO EY5,

Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED '1;STAT'ESLBAJTENT JoHN'cAR 'roN nUaLnY, ornA nwInsvI LE, new YORK,

CARD Annruncn GUIDE non str EnorLEnoA-nns Application filed July 24,1926. SerialNo. 124,666."

This invention relates to a card-and-punch guide for receiving andpositioning stenciled address cards preparatory to selectively punchingholes in either or both of the lon- '5 gitudinal edges thereof accordingto arpre determined classification key so that the perforated cards maybe run'through an Elliotor equivalent addressing machine whereby allstenciled cards with perforations in the same position will beautomatically selected and the stenciled matter'such as names and addresses in the selected cards re roduced in sequence upon a record sheetby printing through the stencil while the remaining cards withperforations in different positionswill simply pass on through themachine without reproducing thestenciled impressions therein in themanner well-known to those skilled in the operation of machines of thischaracter;

'The needles used in these'machines for selectively controllingthe-printing of the stenciled cards areparranged'in straight parallelrows while the guide along which the cards are fed is arranged-parallelwith the rows'of needles and in view of the factthat' the cards arenecessarily small and provided with relatively narrow margins in whichprovision is made for the reception of a considerable'number, in thisinstance-thirty, of holes or perforations in diflerent positions alongeach longitudinal edge it becomes necessary to provide means wherebythese perforationsmay be made in absolute parallelism with and equaldistances-fromthe longitudinal edges of the card outside of thestenciled portion thereof. V The main objector the-present invention isto 'providea convenient and comparatively inexpensive card-holder withparallel -per forated templets or jigs in which the perforations arearranged to exactly correspond'to the longitudinal and transverse spaceof the needles of the addressing machine and to constitute guides forthe perforating punch.

Another object is to provide the card-holder with parallel lengthwiseguides spaced transversely to exactly correspond to the width of thestenciled cards and in definite.

relation to the perforated templets corre- In the drawings I sponding tothe position of the rows ofneedles relatively to the card guide of thead dressing machine so that'when the card is perforated by thepunchthrough any one'or more of theperforationsin either of the templetsin the card-holder such perforation or perforations will exactly line-upwith the selected needle or needles of theaddressing machine as the cardis fed through the guide 1 thereof. 7

Another object is to provide the card-'hold- 6b er with an end-stop forlimiting the inward movement of thecar'd therein to such position aswill bring theedge' portions thereofinto proper position for punchingthe perfo-E rations therein a pre-determined distance a from the endthereof so that when the card is fed into the addressing machine itsperforation .or perforations will'exactly line up with the correspondingselectedneedle or needles of said machine for properly controlling'theprinting from the stencil of the selected cards. '1 -"Other'objects anduses relating to specific parts of the 'c-ard-and-punch' guide will bebrought out in the following description.

Figure :1 is a perspective view ofacardand-punch guide embodying thevarious featuresof my'invention; i I i-xFigure'EZis aperspective view ofone of so the stencilcards 'after being'punched. :Figure 3 is anenlarged longitudinal sec"- ,t-ional view' taken'on line 33, Figure 1.

Figure lie an enlargedinverted planof v thejdevice shown in Figure 1. pFigure 5' is a transverse sectional view;

- taken on' line 5--5, Figure 1 thedottedlines indicating a portion-0f apunch for'perforat ingfa card.

cured by screws or equivalent fastening means to one end of the baseplate 1-, the opposite end of said base plate being provided with afinger opening -6 for con- 5 venience of removing and replacing thecards from and into the card-holder.

The base pl e or back pie e 1 is elongated in one direction and issomewhat longer.v

and wider than'the stencil card as which is also substantiallyrectangular in plan and is provided with a central panel of wax p per orequ valent ma e a adapted to be stenciled with the name and address ofan individual or-other-informative material capable of being used in aprinting press for reproduction when def sired, the marginal edges of.said card being made ofrelatively stiff paper board so that thelongitudinaledg'es may be perforated in the, cardholder for use inconnection with an Elloit addressing machine in a manner wellto thewidthof-the card TAT-1 to guide said card in its longitudinal movement.along-the upper surface of the plate and to hold it against; lateralmovement relatively-t0. said plate," guide strips being extended fromthe inner edge 4' of the stop plate to. the opposite end of the; baseplate.

-The base plate e l? is provided with straight parallel slots arrangedin 5 transversely -.spaoed ;,relation corresponding to the spacing oftheopposite longitudinal marginal edges of the card =A.. and adjacent theinner straight edges of the guide,

strips parallel therewith so that when in the card is inserted in. theholder the oppo= site lengthwise marginal edges thereof will heregistevedwith the slots '?6?.-:-

-' These slots-=6: are spaced relatively short distances from the innerstraight edges R ofthe guide striped-T27 for receiving one of thepunching Jews of a hand punch 131-.

shown b .dotted lines in Figure 5. and snow ing the oles as fa..= to hepunched in the longitudinal margins of the card wholly ea .v itin.theouter andinner edges of said margins.

i The thickness of the guide strips-2: is about equal to or slightlygreater than the thickness of the marginal edges of the card iilloW-theoeird to slide easily along longitudinal margins of the cardA-, the

transversely a distance apart. corresponding tionof the -rd o r ai pr etrmined the upper face of the base plate 1-- and against the innerstraight edges of both guide strips without lost motion.

The templets -3 are secured to the upper or outer faces of the guidestrips 2 and extend inwardly beyond the inner edges thereof and slightlybeyond theinner'edges of. the slots 6 so as. to overhang said slots andto form opposite longitudinal guide grooves -2- for receiving theopposite inner edges ofsaidtemplets being preferably straight andparallel and spaced apart trans- Versely to form a sight. opening 7-through which the stenc1l impressions 1n the panel so are readily viibleduring tho'punohing or pressing operation, the'longitudinel centerof t pe ing 7 being ubs antially c i ciden with the long tud nalcenterof the base p ate l. B5

The. po tions o e h p et -3::-oror hanging the o espon g lot *6:- ispro: vid d with a nlurel ty of, in this nstan e thi ty, ap r urese8.arra g d n straight row in line with h longit d al nter of theorresponding slot. fo cei ing he. ma e punchi g ie a b;- o the punching.device .B, the upper or outerends Qf Sit- 1C1 apertures b ing cou t r-suto cilitate the en nce 0f 'Pll l1,.-- thereinto- The. d s o be ween hengi udina onters of the-oppositerow o ap r ure i substan ially equal tohe. t li t-aacehetwoeo the longitud n l nter o the l ngthwisemargins ofthe a d A While th ape tures of each row are spaced uniform dis? tanc sapart ongitudinally co esponding to the spacing of the n e es in th ddresingmachine so as. to assu the autom tic solos.-

classifications or consecu i p nt ng as the. m5 card are fed through a dmachi e- I The ou er ends. of the i ner edge of th tem lets .-.-3 are bet or defl c ed outward ly at ..9+ to facilita e he n rance, of' he cardsintothe adj een e ds of th gr o es *rQ Ti. i

. Thelength of both, rows of aperturosw8w isless than the length of theard ..lA-; tQ assure the punching'ofthe apertures for? wholly within theopposite longitudinal margins of the;card -'-A.., said apertures havinga fixed relation to the stop shoulder .l'- to assurethe properpositioning of the perforations +a"' relatively to the nd O the card so.that when the card is fed through the adressing machine itsapertureswill be. properly alined With "certain pre-gadjusted needles foreffecting the desired selective printing from the autometieallylselected12 stencils. 1 Y Y The apertures .8.'-l of each row are'l'lulllbored insequence from the openend-towerd the opposite end of the. holder as, foran? ample, 1,2,3 and so onfupto BQ Qr 130 ing diflerent classificationssuch, for example, as different course of study, differentnationalities, different religions and other more or less interestingand important informative matter which is kept on record as a key to thenumbers.

Operation The stenciled cards with blank margins are inserted one by oneinto the open ends of the grooves 2 until the inner end engages each ofsaid perforations being countersunk to facilitate the entrance of saiddie therethrough, said base plate being provided with parallel len hwiseslots registering with and extending rom end to end of said perforationsfor guiding the female die of a perforating tool.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of July,1926.

JOHN CARLTON HURBEY.

the stop shoulder -4 whereupon the operator adjusts the punch -B-- intoregistration with any one or more selected apertures -8 of one or bothof the rows corresponding to the classification or classifications whichit is desired to reprint from the stencil in the addressing machine, thepunch being then operated to produce the desired aperture or apertures--a/-- in the margin of the card -A. 7

In like manner the apertures may be formed in different places ondifierent cards previously stenciled in the panels a of the cards. r g

It is obvious that when the holes are punched in the card, thepunched-out portions will be discharged through the slots 6-- leavingthe guide grooves -2- free for the reception of other cards and readyfor a repetition of the punching operation just described.

While I have described the card-holder as comprising a base plate--l,guide strips -2, templets -3-- and stop plate -4 bolted or otherwisesecured together it is evident that the essential object of the invention may be carried out by other constructions and, therefore, I do notwish to limit myself to the structure shown and described. What I claimis-:+ Y

A card and punch guide comprising a substantially rectangular base platehaving ribs along its opposite edges in parallel spaced relation forguiding a card therebetween, and flange plates secured to and projectinginwardly equal distances from the guide ribs in parallel spaced relationfor maintaining a card upon the base plate and between said ribs, eachof said plates being provided with a lengthwise row of perforations forguidingthe male punch die of a perforating tool, the outer end of Poo

